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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Yayoi Kusama,

The Lost Kusamas

Discovering four watercolors by Yayoi Kusama in SAAM's Joseph Cornell Study Center

SAAM's Director, Stephanie Stebich, in front of Louise Nevelson's

We Look to Art

SAAM's director, Stephanie Stebich, looks to art as a way to elevate stories of our shared humanity.

Brochures featuring artists from SAAM and NPG highlighting women in our collections.

Representation Matters: Bringing Women’s Stories Into the Classroom Through American Art and Portraiture

A collaboration between SAAM and NPG illuminates the lives and works of women artists in our collections.

Maria Oakey Dewing,

Consider This Maverick of the Aesthetic Movement

Smithsonian Provost John Davis takes a closer look at the painter Maria Oakey Dewing, who described herself as a "garden-thirsty soul."

Juan Sánchez,

The Aftermath of Hurricane María

A closer look at the rich and trans-historical Puerto Rican artworks in the museum.

David Levinthal,

The Puck Stops Here: David Levinthal's Hockey Photographs

Giving America's favorite pastime a run for its money

From the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Funding provided by Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund; Gift of Nion T. McEvoy, Chair of SAAM Commission (2016-2018) and McEvoy’s fellow Commissioners in his honor.

How Arthur Jafa Created a Contemporary "Guernica"

The curator of time-based media examines the importance of a powerful work that speaks to our times...and times past.

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Burning Man: Through the Fire

Nearly one ton of hand-written tablets collected at the Renwick Gallery were burned at Burning Man earlier in the month.

At Mývatn, a volcanic lake in northern Iceland. Photo by Libby Weiler

Road Trip: Aurora Borealis

Where will American Art Take You? Perhaps to Iceland to see the northern lights...

Visitors leave hand-written notes after viewing the exhibition,

"Art Does Have an Impact": Visitors Respond

Visitors share their memories, hopes, and fears after viewing "Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975."

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